GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| peerless | matchless |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
